Wire hair-frame



R. J. DUFF'EE.

WIRE HAIR FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED on. 4. 1920.

1,371,991 Pamma Mar. 15, 1921.

WITNESS INVENI'OR REBECCA J. DUFFEE, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. 1.

WIRE HAIR-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 'liia1a15, 19 21.

Application filed October 4,1920. Serial No. 414,554. 7

To all whom a may concern:

Be it known that I, REBECCA J Durrnn, a citizen of the United States, and residing in the city of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented or discovered new, useful, and Improved WVire Hair-Frames, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a new and improved figure eight frame for use in womens coifiures. Figure eight is the name used for coiffures characterized by a twisted roll of hair vertically disposed on the back of the head, and difliculty is experienced in keeping the roll neat and in proper position.

Generally speaking my figure eight frame is formed by bending up wire, preferably somewhat resilient and also cloth covered, to provide an oblong base loop and pair of crossed legs having their ends connected to the sides of the base loop and extending convexedly from the plane of the base. The frame is attached to the roots of the hair by means of a binder and the lock of hair is drawn out through the upper vent of the frame and is then twisted to form a figure eight or any desired form of roll, being secured to the frame by means of hair pins.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear view of a womans head showing one of my improved frames attached to the head by means of a binder and the back hair drawn through the upper vent of the frame ready to be twisted, coiled or rolled into the desired coifiure and pinned in place; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the finished figure eight coiffure; Fig. 3 is a view showing the binder and the frame as they are assembled on the head, the binder being shown in dotted lines, and Fig. 4 is a side view of the frame'showing the convexity of the crossed legs.

The following is a detailed description of the drawings.

A is my improved frame made by bending up two lengths of wire 1 and 2, preferably somewhat resilient and also cloth covered. Various colors of covering are used to match the various colors of hair. The base and one leg of the frame are formed of the wire 1 while the other leg is made of the wire 2. The base is oblong, the wire 1 beginning at 3 and extending up around and down the other side of the base and around the bottom of the same to the point 3 and then the base to the point 4:;v the ends of the wire being wrapped around its intermediate por- I tions at 3 and 4E. The shorter wire 2'formS the other leg, its ends being wrapped around the wire 1 at 5 and 6. The wire 1 1s wrapped around the wire 2 at their central intersection shown at 7. The cross legs are convexedly curved from the plane of the base,

as shown best in Fig. 4.

Any other convenient method of making up the frame in substantially the form shown, may be adopted, but the foregoing is preferred owing to its ease of manufacture and economy in wire.

When the frame is to be used, the wearers back hair is gathered up into a look, as at B in Fig. 1, and the binder C, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 is clasped about the roots of the lock and pinned to the hair close to the scalp with hair pins.

The lock of hair B is then inserted through the upper vent of the frame A, and said frame is pushed up along the lock of hair until it rests against the binder C to which it is anchored by means of hair pins 8 engaging the wires of both the binder and the frame and stuck securely into the roots of the hair. Hair pins are then stuck through the lock B and the frame A where the former passes through the latter, and said lock is then twisted and coiled to follow with its down from' i along the leg 1 to 3 and then along the lower loop of the base to 6 and then along the leg 2 to 5 where. it is tucked under, hair pins being used to pin the coiled hair to the frame at intervals along the convolutions. The result is the figure eight coiffure shown at B in Fig. 2.

If desired, instead of forming the figure medial line eight shown at B in Fig. 2, one may form the hair in a vertically disposed roll or puff, pinning the same to the frame, or any other type of arrangement of the back hair may be adopted.

It is evident that the coiffure formed with the use of my frame is firmly anchored in position and will not therefore become disarranged or untidy. The coiifure can also be much more quickly and accurately made up when my improved frame is used, even by one unskilled in hair dressing, such as the wearer herself.

The convexity of the cross legs enables a pleasing fullnessand appearance of abundance of tresses to be obtained even Where the wearer is but scantily provided by nature.

What I desire'to claim is 2- 1. A hair frame for the purpose described, made of wire to form an inclosed oblong base loop adapted to fit against the wearers head in a vertically disposed position, the upper end of'said loop formingasingle hair vent through which the locks to be arranged aredrawn, and a cross portion belowsaid ventand convexed fromthe plane of said base. a

2. Ahair frame for the purpose described,

g a vertically disposed position, and two intersecting cross legs joining the sides of said loop convexed from the plane of said base,

the upper vpart of said loop above said cross legs forming a vent through Which the hair to be arranged is drawn and the said hair being then arranged and pinned to said frame, substantially as described.

Signed at Des Moines Iowa,this 30th day of Sept. 1920.

R-EBEGOA J. DUFFEE. 

